chapter 5

I walked down the spiral staircase of the lighthouse but I looked up at the clouded sky as if it wants rain to pour. I entered the tunnel and then came across the residential area part of the ancient city where there's the skeletons of it's former inhabitants. I entered one of the cave like homes and all I see is a wooden table, a stone bed with blankets, a kiln and anvil where the blacksmith forged tools and possibly weapons. I saw a key made of iron which it is started to rust on the table as if it haven't been used in a very long time so I took the key and put it in my bag and walked back to the cavern center and went up the stairs that took me to the three towers. One of the bird like creatures landed on the stone bridge to the tower and looked at me with curiosity, I walked across the bridge and the bird like creature flew off with no sound.

I approach the tower and walked up it's stairs in order to get across another tower where I came from even though the tower I walked up leads to the eastern part where it leads to the residential area and the coast and the other tower where I came from leads to the west presumably the great library. I entered the same room where I defeated a skeleton and walked upstairs and leave the above room and I saw the stone bridge that leads the way I came from but the bird like creatures flew to the ledge of the bridge and land as if they knew I was carrying the sacred crystal. Instead of attacking me the bird like creatures stare at me like they wanted me to cross the bridge but one hissed at me as I took out the idol of sorrow so I put it back in the bag and started walking across the bridge.

As I got to the other side I walked back to the door and entered the room where the magic circle glowed and saw Cedric looking at the murals "hello there!" He said. "Where's the girl that was with you yesterday?" I asked "I told her to go home because her mother was worrying but I explored the artisan district at the north of here until I came here because there's a glow beneath the door" replied Cedric. "If you want to go back to the surface use the magic circle behind you and there's an old man in a secret room in the wall of the castle" I said but he shook his head "nah I promised the girl I would find the healing stone to cure her mother's sickness. Besides, I heard about treasure somewhere in the city"he said.

"I must get going because I told the old man I'll be back" I said and Cedric nodded and handed me a grey crystal that has a crescent moon shape "here, take this key that I found at the artisan district because I don't know where it goes to. I found it in a large workshop full of inactive or broken golems" said Cedric and I stepped into the magic circle and disappear as the light enveloped me. I opened me eyes to find myself back in the room where the old man waited for me "did you find the golem key to power the golem outside?" He asked so I reached into my bag and pulled out a grey crystal with a crescent moon shape, the old man nodded "good, at least you found it" he said.

"But there's something I found at the lighthouse" I said as I pulled out a white crystal shaped like a tree that is as big as my arm and judging the look of the old man's face, he was surprised. "I can sense the forest dragons power in this crystal, where did you find it?" he said "at the lighthouse in the coast from the tunnel to the residential area" I replied, the old man nodded and he opens the stone door which leads outside and I followed him to the golem. I handed the golem key to the old man as he used his shadow power to create stairs, he walked up and opened the back of the golem then place the key into the crescent shaped hole and close the back of the golem. The golem shakes as it moves it's arms and it started to walk towards the gate of the castle, it put it's hands and push open the gate from which I can see the castle itself. The golem stands there motionless waiting for orders, the old man and I went through the gate and see the castle in perfect condition as if it was frozen in time. "It's been centuries since I last saw the castle" said the old man as he mutters a spell that causes the wards around the castle to disappear "there, you can go inside but there's monsters in there" he said as he sits on the steps, I entered the castle and I can see horned skeletons on the floor wearing armour.

I explored the hallways and there's murals depicting the forest dragon creating the dark folk from what looks like a pool, I opened the wooden door and found few skeletons wearing robes but I got close enough that I can see the backs of their skulls and see that each have a single horn at the back of their skulls as if they are wearing conicle hats so I assumed they are either scholars, inventors, or mages. One of the horned skeletons is reading a book but it's worn out and in another language that I couldn't make out what it's saying, I went back to the hallway and I see a sign that says "chamber of the pool of birth" and it's pointing to the right and there I see a stairs that go down to the basement so I went down the stairs and at the basement I was at three branching hallways, west leads to the dungeon, east leads to the cellar and straight ahead leads to the chamber of the pool of birth so I press onwards even though I hear monsters up ahead.

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